Zep (FRA:14Z) Days Payable : 57.20 (As of Feb. 2015)

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What is Zep Days Payable?

Zep's average Accounts Payable for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was €48.5 Mil. Zep's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was €77.3 Mil. Hence, Zep's Days Payable for the three months ended in Feb. 2015 was 57.20.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zep's Days Payable or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:14Z' s Days Payable Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 49.72
Current: 49.72

During the past 11 years, Zep's highest Days Payable was 49.72. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

FRA:14Z's Days Payable is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 61.065 vs FRA:14Z: 49.72

Zep's Days Payable declined from Feb. 2014 (65.32) to Feb. 2015 (57.20). It may suggest that Zep accelerated paying its suppliers.

Zep Days Payable Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zep's Days Payable can be seen below:

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Zep Days Payable Chart

Zep Annual Data

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56.62

60.58

53.12

56.87

60.34

Zep Quarterly Data
	May10	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15
Days Payable	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															65.32	55.54	56.24	64.25	57.20

Competitive Comparison of Zep's Days Payable

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zep's Days Payable, along with its competitors' market caps and Days Payable data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Zep's Days Payable Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Zep's Days Payable distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zep's Days Payable falls into.

Zep Days Payable Calculation

Days Payable indicates the number of days that the account payable relative to cost of goods sold the company has. An increase of Days Payable may suggest that the company delays paying its suppliers.

Zep's Days Payable for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

	Days Payable (A: Aug. 2014 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (A: Aug. 2013 )	+	Accounts Payable (A: Aug. 2014 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (A: Aug. 2014 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (42.331	+	49.471)	/	2 )	/	277.642	*	365
=	45.901					/	277.642	*	365
=	60.34

Zep's Days Payable for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as:

	Days Payable (Q: Feb. 2015 )
=	Average Accounts Payable					/	Cost of Goods Sold	*	Days in Period
=	( (Accounts Payable (Q: Nov. 2014 )	+	Accounts Payable (Q: Feb. 2015 ))	/	count )	/	Cost of Goods Sold (Q: Feb. 2015 )	*	Days in Period
=	( (51.615	+	45.316)	/	2 )	/	77.315	*	365 / 4
=	48.4655					/	77.315	*	365 / 4
=	57.20

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Zep (FRA:14Z) Business Description

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http://www.zepinc.com

Zep Inc. was founded in 1937. It is a producer, marketer, and service provider of a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer end-markets. Zeps product portfolio includes anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products. It continually refreshes its product portfolio and service offerings. Zep reaches its customers through an experienced, international organization of sales representatives supported by highly skilled marketing, research and development and technical services teams, who collectively provide creative solutions for its customers' diverse cleaning and maintenance needs by utilizing their product expertise and providing customized value added services that it distinguish Zep among its competitors. Through its direct sales organization, Zep provides convenient, highly effective cleaning and maintenance solutions to customers in a broad array of commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets, including transportation, food processing and service, manufacturing, government, and housekeeping. These customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations. It sells its products to customers mainly in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Zep markes these products and services under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep , Zep Commercial, Zep Professional, Enforcer, and Selig. Zep is its flagship brand and represents largest portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers needing highly effective product solutions and professional technical support. Zep Commercial provides professional cleaning and plumbing chemical products targeted to contractors and small business owners and are currently sold through The Home Depot, HD Supply and other retailers. Zep Professional was introduced in fiscal year 2009 and represents its portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions that are offered to customers in the commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets who prefer to acquire product through the distribution channel. Selig offers a limited assortment of cleaning solutions targeted to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. It produces a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer customers. Zeps commercial, industrial, and institutional customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations as well as distributors. Its sales and service organization covers the United States, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and certain other smaller markets. It manufactures products at six facilities located in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy.The key raw materi

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